Welcome to Dunton
Family FarmsSince 1909

This
is a subject that has been of interest to me for a
very long time. Prior to WW-II, when there were
still a lot of small working farms in our region, agricultural diversity
on the farm was common.
Families would produce meat, dairy products, eggs,
animal feed, produce, and even find room to raise a
few acres of grain. This ancient
farming model nearly became extinct as huge monoculture
enterprises took over agriculture.

In
recent years, as people are waking up to the
benefits of local economies, local food, and
self-sufficiency, small grain production is again
being investigated.

One of
the difficulties that I immediately ran into was
that there are no longer any equipment manufacturers
in the United States producing the machinery and equipment
necessary for small scale grain production. So
I switched gears and started researching and again
looking to our past.

In
doing so, I found a piece of equipment that was once
very common on the small, diverse farms of the past
- A
1955, Allis-Chalmers Model 66
All-Crop Harvester. It was an
exciting find for me, was a bit of a challenge to
relocate to the farm, but it is now here, tarped up
and awaiting time and resources necessary for
restoration.

That
was once piece of the puzzle. I intend to
continue to accumulate the remaining equipment so we
can experiment with small grain farming.

Interesting Links:

Note:
The following links are provided as informational
resources. I have no personal experience or
connection to them. They are simply web pages
that I found while researching this subject.